Function cmdOpen

apps/desktop/src/cli/commands/open.ts:49–102

(vault: string, args: ParsedArgs)

}

export async function cmdOpen(vault: string, args: ParsedArgs): Promise<void> {
  if (args.positionals.length === 0) {
    throw new Error('zn open needs a file path. Usage: zn open <file.md> [more.md ...]')
  }

  let absPaths: string[] = []
  let unresolved: string | null = null

  for (const target of args.positionals) {
    const abs = await resolveTarget(vault, target)
    if (!abs) {
      unresolved = target
      break
    }
    absPaths.push(abs)
  }

  if (unresolved !== null) {
    // An unquoted path with spaces arrives as several tokens — re-join
    // everything and try once more as a single file before giving up.
    const joined = args.positionals.join(' ')
    const abs = args.positionals.length > 1 ? await resolveTarget(vault, joined) : null
    if (abs) {
      absPaths = [abs]
    } else {
      const locations = [path.resolve(unresolved), vault ? path.resolve(vault, unresolved) : null]
        .filter((location): location is string => location !== null)
        .join(' or ')
      const hint =
        args.positionals.length > 1 ? ` (also tried as one path: ${JSON.stringify(joined)})` : ''
      throw new Error(`No such file: ${unresolved} (looked in ${locations})${hint}`)
    }
  }

  for (const abs of absPaths) assertMarkdown(abs)

  // Re-launch our own binary in GUI mode. The CLI wrapper set
  // ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE so this process runs as plain Node, so we must
  // drop it for the child or it would start as Node too instead of the app.
  const env = { ...process.env }
  delete env.ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE
  const child = spawn(process.execPath, absPaths, {
    detached: true,
    stdio: 'ignore',
    env
  })
  child.unref()

  emitOk(
    absPaths.length === 1
      ? `Opening ${absPaths[0]} in ZenNotes`
      : `Opening ${absPaths.length} files in ZenNotes`
  )
}